An agreement was made in between me and the tenant for 11 months. The house was taken for rent partially for residence and an office by the party. I made it clear in my agreement "
"The house is provided with domestic 3 phase power supply only. In case of any repairs or change from domestic to commercial power supply the tenant has to bear the necessary charges during his term of tenancy, and normalize back to original of 3 phase domestic supply status at his cost."
In the month of November2013, ADE of (APECDL,) state electricity had inspected the house and found the power is misused for commercial purpose instead of domestic use and has sent notice and asked the owner to pay for the misuse for the last one year period. The amount comes to approx. Rs 28,000/=. Now the tenant claims that he do not want to pay as he has occupied the house only in Oct 2013. The tenant is also right one way but if he had not converted before the inspection. If he had converted it earlier it would not have cost me or the tenant this much amount.
UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCE WHAT YOU WOULD ADVISE ME TO DO?
Your advise will be treated as arbitration in this respect.
